#B2AE42#B2AE42

#B2AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE42
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -12.21, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 55.50, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.038 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.129 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4807, 40.1315, 11.0830)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE42 #4246B2

analogous

#B27642 #B2AE42 #7EB242

triadic

#B2AE42 #42B2AE #AE42B2

tetradic

#B2AE42 #42B276 #4246B2 #B2427E

square

#B2AE42 #42B276 #4246B2 #B2427E

split-complementary

#B2AE42 #427EB2 #7642B2

monochromatic

#595721 #858231 #B2AE42 #C8C46A #D8D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B2AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE42

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE42	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57b',
    500: '#b2ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae42;
$custom-light: #ccc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE42

secondary

#8C8EC4

accent

#57D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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